La La Land and the Question of Authorship in Film Sinead McCausland February 26, 2017 Analysis, Close-Up, Features Damien Chazelle's nostalgic musical La La Land puts its behind-the-scenes artists to full use, creating poetic and fanciful imagery and prompting the question of who the author of a film really is. It's a...
Team Talk – Moonlight Louise Burrell February 19, 2017 Reviews With 8 Oscar nominations under its belt, Moonlight has quickly become a real competitor against the likes of La La Land. Offering a look at the complexities of modern day masculinity in situations of high...
Choosing Life: Optimism In The Films Of Danny Boyle Calum Baker January 27, 2017 Analysis, Close-Up, Features T2 Trainspotting is a gritty drama dealing with the harshness of middle-age in a left-behind society. Its characters must deal with past sins, including betrayal, aggravated assault, self-loathing and drug...
Your Week In Film: Dracula, Dragons, Damian Lewis and more! Stephen O'Nion December 9, 2016 News, Reviews 1. Jimmy Kimmel is komming to host The Oscars Mr. Jimmy Kimmel is our host for the 2017 Academy Awards. Honestly though, this is not an announcement to overwhelm us with feelings of any kind; Kimmel is a...
13 Things We Know About The 2017 Oscar Race Calum Baker November 1, 2016 Analysis, Features, One Off OK, so there are more than 13 things we know about the 2017 Oscar race. We know, for instance, all the usual givens such as the 0% chance of Captain America: Civil War being nominated for Best Picture, or...
Beyond #OscarsSoWhite: The Academy’s Revolution Calum Baker July 14, 2016 Analysis, Close-Up, Features It’s not all about Michael B. Jordan and the Wayans brothers. It is, but it isn’t. African Americans are not the only 2016 invitees cutting an impressive swathe through the Academy of Motion Picture Arts...
Removing the Whitewash: A New Academy? Kambole Campbell July 13, 2016 Analysis, Features, Opinion On June 29th, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences made one of the biggest changes in its history, inviting nearly 700 new members in an attempt to diversify a membership that was increasingly...
CEL Mates: Anomalisa Conor Morgan March 22, 2016 CEL Mates, Features, Independent Anomalisa is one of the the scariest films you'll ever see. It is also one of the most human films you’ll ever see. It is 100% concentrated existential dread with a layer of unsettling psychological disorder...
News of the Week – 11th March 2016 Stephen O'Nion March 11, 2016 News The Weekly Report All news contained herein corresponds to the world of film. The Weekly Report will seek to cover general film news that has emerged over the last seven days. Netflix to fund Will...
News of the Week – 4th March 2016 Eddie Falvey March 4, 2016 News The Weekly Report All news contained herein corresponds to the world of film. The Weekly Report will seek to cover general film news that has emerged over the last seven days. 88th Academy Awards...
The ORWAV Playlist – Oscars 2016 Calum Baker February 28, 2016 Behind The Curtain, Features, Music of the Movies For the second year in a row, we've created a big bumper-size playlist for you to whack on in advance of tonight's Academy Awards! What more can we say, other than "enjoy, hope you have fun, hope you're not...
CEL Mates: South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut Conor Morgan August 26, 2015 CEL Mates, Features, Independent “Oh, yes, I think South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut is just terrific, and the numbers in it are wonderful” - Stephen Sondheim South Park is often written off by people who have almost certainly...
Cel Mates: Waltz with Bashir Conor Morgan March 13, 2015 CEL Mates, Features, Independent Waltz with Bashir is a 2008 Oscar-nominated Israeli animated documentary written and directed by Ari Folman. The film follows the director in his search to clarify to himself his role during the 1982 Lebanon...
Impossibly Early Oscar Predictions – 2015-16 Calum Baker March 3, 2015 Analysis, Features, One Off 2 Comments Okay ORWeenies, it's that time of year again. After we punted for Gone Girl, Interstellar, Inherent Vice, Into the Woods, Unbroken and Foxcatcher last time (as well as Theory of Everything, Imitation Game,...
Selma, Bond and Race: Examining Hollywood’s “Invisible White Men” Madeline Joint March 1, 2015 Analysis, Close-Up, Features 1 Comment The Oscars: a night to celebrate the film industry’s “best and whitest.” Thanks Neil Patrick Harris, you hit the nail on the head - but frankly the issue deserves a little more than a cheap pun....